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Two people including a health care worker suffered severe allergic reactions, soon after receiving the Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine this week at a hospital in Alaska. One of the volunteers is a middle-aged woman, admitted at the Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau and the other one is a health worker who received the Pfizer shot in the same hospital. Both are out of danger now, but the reaction has raised concerns about the safety of the vaccine.
The middle-aged woman was given the shot on Dec. 15. Within 10 minutes of administering the injection she started developing rashes on her face and torso. She had no history of allergic reactions prior to this. She also suffered shortness of breath and elevated heart rate. She was immediately administered a shot of epinephrine. Though the reactions subsided, they re-emerged after the effect of the medicine wore out. She was then given steroids and an epinephrine drip.
2nd healthcare worker in Alaska reports adverse reaction to COVID vaccine
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This illustration picture taken in Paris on November 23, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading Covid-19 Vaccine next to the Pfizer company logo.
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NEW YORK - Health officials in
Alaska have reported that a second health care worker had an adverse reaction to a
Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau says the two workers showed adverse reactions about 10 minutes after receiving the vaccine and were treated. One received the vaccine Tuesday and will remain in the hospital another night under observation while the other, vaccinated Wednesday, has fully recovered.
An Alaskan health worker had a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer Inc and BioNTech s coronavirus vaccine, but is now stable, public health authorities said on Wednesday.
The adverse reaction in the person, minutes after taking the Pfizer shot on Tuesday, was similar to two cases reported last week in Britain.
Britain s medical regulator has said that anyone with a history of anaphylaxis, or severe allergic reactions to a medicine or food, should not get the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine.
But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that most Americans with allergies should be safe to receive the vaccine. It said only people who have previously had severe allergic reactions to vaccines or ingredients in this particular vaccine should avoid getting the shot.
FDA advisory committee today is expected to scrutinize Moderna on vaccine reaction The FDA is recommending surveillance of Bell s palsy after four Moderna trial participants developed the temporary facial paralysis.
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Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, receives the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the U.S. on Dec. 14. (Photo courtesy Northwell Health)
In its review of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, the Food and Drug Administration s advisory committee today is expected to question the Bell s palsy reaction in four of its trial participants.
The FDA is recommending surveillance of Bell s palsy after three Moderna trial participants who received the vaccine and one who got a placebo developed the temporary facial paralysis that causes drooping on one side of the face.
First adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccine in US reported in Juneau, Alaska, health care worker The first adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. happened Tuesday in Juneau, Alaska, members of the Alaska COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force said Wednesday. (Source: KTUU) By Cheyenne Mathews | December 16, 2020 at 6:22 PM CST - Updated January 12 at 12:13 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The first adverse reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. happened Tuesday in Juneau, Alaska, members of the Alaska COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force said Wednesday.
Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink said a health care worker at Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital had an anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine 10 minutes after being vaccinated.